Apr 17, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russia’s Far Eastern region of Yakutia (Sakha) is planning to open its own hi-tech park by 2015, the Russian news agency Interfax reported earlier this week, citing a statement by Anatoly Semenov, the CEO of Yakutia, a techno-park already in operation in the area....
Apr 16, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times 17 April 2013 ICT Group president Alexander Nesis has sold half of his shares in potash producer Uralkali, Vedomosti reported Tuesday, citing a bond prospectus. His stake was reduced from 9.94 percent to 5.1 percent. Some of the shares could have been...
Apr 15, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Garpun, a Moscow-based startup that provides digital agencies and corporate advertisers with online ad management tools, has raised $3.5 million from the Russian PE & VC fund iTech Capital. The valuation of the startup has not been disclosed, but iTech Capital’s...
Apr 15, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia’s VTB Group, has acquired a minority holding in National Satellite Company, Russia’s largest satellite TV operator working under the Tricolor TV< brand name. While announcing the partnership this past Tuesday, the partners in...
Apr 15, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
Moscow Times 14 April 2013 The daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has bought the Greek resort island where shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis famously married Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s, Rybolovlev’s investment office said. The sale price was...
Apr 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, has invested $350,000 in Graphicly, a US startup that helps publishers and self-published authors produce and distribute text and visual content on major digital publishing platforms....
